I could do schoolwork, but fandom is so much more satisfying

[elspethdixon]

House, dog, and cat sat for my parents this weekend. It's always fun to be the one who gets to spring the dog from the kennel--she's so happy about it. Even the cat was unusually affectionate and non-grumpy.

Note to self: remember to go comment on the Steve/Tony emo-porn up at marvel_slash, in order to encourage the production of further Steve/Tony emo-porn.

And on the topic of marvel_slash: I'd say it was declasse to include in one's comments on a fic a pointed statement of your contempt for 1/2 of the pairing depicted, but, well...

In the Steve/Tony fixit fic of endless conversation porn, I have just manged to use the nouns "Scarlet Witch" and "mass genocide" in the same sentence. With the verb "committed" between them. And composing said sentence for eventual public consumption made my entire morning, even though it's a mere throwaway line. I may possibly have cackled in glee while I typed.

When you get right down to it, I'm just as petty and biased as Certain Fangirls Who Shall Not Be Named.

Though, in fairness to the people who don't really, really, really want Wanda to be put on trial by an international tribunal and executed for crimes against humanity, I did specify that she used to be a decent human being (you know, before going insane and becoming the most powerful/successful supervillain ever).

Comments

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Are you counting stripping the powers as genocide? Or did I miss more killing on Wanda's part?

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Yes. While she didn't commmit mass murder (though I'm betting some people with physical mutations died when their powers were taken away, since people aren't meant to have exoskeletons, or be made of rock, etc.), she did effectively wipe mutants-as-a-race from the face of the earth, to the point that no more mutant children are being born and mutants as a group are facing possible extenction.